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Current Literature.

The Constitutional and Political History of the United States. By Dr. H. von Hoist. Translated from the German, by J. Lalor and A. B. Mason. (Triibner and Co.)—The author of......

Half-hours Among Some English Antiquities. By Llewellyn...

Bogue.)—This is a praiseworthy attempt to popularise a subject of growing interest, with which every one ought to have some acquaintance, and it seems to us to be fairly well......

Memories Of Our Great Towns, 1860-1877. By Dr. John Doran.

(Chatto and Windus.)—Dr. Doran was accustomed to contribute to the Athenccum a series of papers about the towns at which the "British Association for the Advancement of Science"......

Salt Hurst. By Mrs. Arthur Lewis. 2 Vols. (samuel...

is not uncommon to hear a wish that "children Would not grow up." We felt inclined to something of tho same desire about Mrs. Lewis's heroine. She is a delightful child, but we......

A History Of The Councils Of The Church. By The

Right Rev. Cl. J. Hefele, D.D. Vol. II. (T. T. Clarke.)—This volume, like its prede- cessor, is a piece of very thorough and conscientious work, which can be safely recommended......

Love And Art, A Leaf From The Past ; And

other Stories. By Sophia Henson. (Remington.)—The most interesting part of this volume is a brief introduction, in which the author speaks of her early literary experiences,......

Spiritual Letters Of Archbishop Finelon: Letters To Men....

the Author of " Fenelon, Archbishop of Cambrai." (Rivingtons.)— Many English readers will welcome this translation of Fdnelon's Letters, in which the better side of Catholicism......